Svechnikov’s lax goal leads Canes past Flames
RALEIGH, N.C. >> Andrei Svechnikov scored twice in the final 10:47, including a spectacular lacrosse-style goal that tied it, and the Carolina Hurricanes rallied to beat the Calgary Flames 2-1 on Tuesday night.
Svechnikov earned a spot in the highlight reels by bringing the puck behind the net, scooping it up on his stick blade, lifting it to chest-level and tucking it over goalie David Rittich’s right shoulder.
He followed that with a power-play connection with 7:25 remaining — his second goal with the man advantage in two games — to help the Hurricanes win their second straight and beat ex-coach Bill Peters for the first time in three tries.
Elias Lindholm scored against his former team for the second straight year and David Rittich made 26 saves for the Flames.
The Hurricanes average 3.27 goals and have scored at least two of them in every game, and none was more impressive than Svechnikov’s first. That one filled the highlight reels. The next one won it.
He took a feed from Hamilton in the circle and snapped the puck past Rittich, giving the second overall pick in the 2018 draft his second career power-play goal. BRUINS 5, SHARKS 1 >> David Krejci returned with a goal and an assist after missing five games with an injury, David Pastrnak scored his league-leading 12th and Boston beat San Jose.
Chris Wagner also had a goal and an assist as the Bruins won their fourth straight and improved to 6-0-2 in their last eight. Charlie Coyle and Brandon Carlo also scored for Boston.
Preds include no-movement clause in Josi’s 8-year deal
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NASHVILLE, TENN. >> The Predators have their captain Roman Josi signed to a longterm deal, and general manager David Poile is so confident in the defenseman’s future he included a rare no movement clause in the eight-year, $72.4 million deal.
“It’s something that obviously Roman wanted very badly and something that we covet very much,” Poile said Tuesday. “But for Roman, I think this is a unique and special situation for someone that’s our captain, someone that’s going to be here for, I think, the rest of their career.”
Poile said the negotiations, which made Josi the team’s highest-paid player with an annual average value of $9.05 million, were crucial in helping the Predators lock up their core players.